51 sourced profiles · 3 path studies
How security leaders reach the seat.
CISO Spotlights publishes career profiles of chief information security officers, built only from company announcements, official biographies, government pages and established trade press. Every fact carries its source.
In the spotlight
Rich Baich
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer, AT&T
Featured profiles
All 51 →Nasrin Rezai
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer
Verizon
Israel Barak
Chief Information Security Officer
7AI
Jerry R. Geisler III
Executive Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer
Walmart
Rich Agostino
Senior Vice President, Chief Information Security Officer & Infrastructure
Target
Gleb Reznik
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
American Express
Assaf Keren
Chief Information Security Officer
Meta
Mike Marshall
State Chief Information Security Officer
California Department of Technology
Geoff Belknap
Chief Trust Officer
HubSpot
Paras Malhotra
Chief Information Security Officer
Starburst
CJ Moses
Chief Information Security Officer and VP of Security Engineering
Amazon
Path studies
Path study 03
Builders in the chair: the engineers, researchers and product people who became CISOs
Eleven profiled CISOs came up through hands-on technical work: software and security engineering, malware research, breach analysis, product and infrastructure.
Path study 01
Deputy, then chief: how the number-two security job leads to the top seat
Twelve of our profiles show two routes to the CISO title: promotion inside one organization, or a deputy post at one employer traded for the top job at another.
Path study 02
Service first: the twelve CISOs whose careers began in uniform
Twelve of 51 profiled security chiefs served in the armed forces, three from each of four branches. What they did in service and how they crossed into civilian security.